Hot beverage at beginning of match session for groups of players (5)
I believe the answer is:
teams
'groups of players' is the definition.
'teams' can be an answer for 'groups' (teaming is a kind of grouping). I'm unsure of the 'of players' bit.
'hot beverage at beginning of match session' is the wordplay.
'hot beverage' becomes 'tea' (I've seen this before).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'beginning of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'match session' is 'ms'.
'tea'+'ms'='TEAMS'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teams that I've seen before include "Lots of players" , "Groups or troupes" , "Groups of people working together" , "Squads" , "Crews" .)